HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Specialty Minerals Inc
Start: 08/06/2019

220192260023 · 08/06/2019 · Specialty Minerals Inc

Details

Degree of injury: DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: BELTS (NOT CONVEYOR)
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 3
Mine experience: 2.87 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Minerals Technologies Inc
Operator: Specialty Minerals Inc
Mine: 1900035

Narrative

Right index finger tip pinched between v belt and a sheave during a belt change. The injury was a fracture which needed surgical repair so the employee lost three workdays while getting medical attention. The employee returned to work on 8/12/19.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown